GENEVA MOTOR SHOW
Mercedes-AMG GT Concept — superpower emerges after Europe debut
Mercedes-Benz’s go-fast division looks to make a full stand-alone line-up, writes Michael Taylor
The much-improved Mercedes Benz-AMG E63 sedan has come under fire from an unexpected source — AMG itself. Mercedes’ official factory luxury performance partner burned its way onto the Geneva stage with its first stand-alone four-door concept car, the brutally fast AMG GT Concept. Designed to stretch the GT and GT S coupes and the GT C convertible into a three-model family, the 600kW V8-powered super sedan is headed into production before the end of 2018, according to AMG insiders. Besides outrageous biturbo V8 engine performance, the GT sedan will use hybrid power and all-wheel drive traction to whip it through to 100km/h in less than three seconds, while it will tap out at an electronically governed 250km/h limit. Dubbed a "dynamic fastback" by AMG, the new four-door shape has been rumoured to be on its way for two years and it even uses an EQ Power+ badge to link it to Mercedes-Benz’s new battery-electric car brand. It’s getting busy for Mercedes in this market now, with the E63 a...
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